Besides, Government raises fees on stuff all the time and that just falls on deaf ears.
Big by no means, as a retailer the interchange rates became very important to me when gasoline passed the 3 buck mark. 50% or more of my gross margin on a credit card transaction goes toward these fees. At the current 3.59 per gal closer to 75%.
Take a look at the costs the Banks actually incur to support their debt card transactions. It is fractions of a fraction of a penny per transaction. Banks are raking it in for next to nothing.